Tests find no H5N1 avian flu in Alaskan birds
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 31, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
No highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has turned up in any of the 13,000 wild migratory birds that federal and state officials have tested since Apr 26, the US government announced yesterday. ... Research: Blood of bird flu survivors could treat other patients
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 31, 2006 from Xinhua (via http://english.people.com.cn/200608/31/print20060831_298390.)
Research has suggested that blood products taken from people who have recovered from bird flu could be useful for treating other patients in the event of a pandemic, national newspaper The Times ... Quick Diagnosis of Flu Strains Possible with New Microchip Test
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 29, 2006 from US CDC (via http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=19226)
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections ... US: CDC begins sharing flu virus genetic data
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 24, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Aug 23, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published the genetic blueprints for more than 650 influenza virus genes to launch a new data-sharing program intended ... Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as pre-pandemic vaccines
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 19, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/h5)
This summary describes the current status of the development of new candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses and is meant to provide guidance for national authorities and vaccine companies on the selection of candidate ... UK: Scientists hail breakthrough in bird flu drug quest
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Scientists said on Wednesday they had made a breakthrough in the race to develop a drug for the H5N1 bird flu virus if it mutates into a form that can jump from human to human.
But they warned that it ... Call for Help: Local CDC researchers call for assistance in genetic analysis training
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 6, 2006 from FIC
Dear global professionals,
On the behalf of local CDC researchers, FIC calls for help for assistance in genetic analysis training.
With the rapid development of human and avian flu situation, researchers ... US: Hybrid avian-human flu virus didn´t spread in lab study
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 1, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
In an experiment designed to mimic events that could launch an influenza pandemic, a synthetic influenza virus made by combining an H5N1 avian flu virus with a human flu virus turned out to be no more ... Japan: research team to use monkeys for bird flu tests
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 30, 2006 from AFP via Yahoo news (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060729/hl_afp/healthflujapanva)
A team of Japanese reseachers plans to use monkeys for testing the effectiveness of a vaccine against the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Shiga University ... Iraq: Detection of a Qinghai-like avian influenza, subtype H5N1 virus from domestic cats (Felis domesticus) in Kurdish area
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 14, 2006 from Genbank (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotide)
Genbank recently reviced a submission of NA sequence from Lab in Cairo, Egypt. Influenza A virus (A/cat/Iraq/820NAMRU3/2006(H5N1))
No publication is available yet. US: HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 12, 2006 from HHS (via http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2006pres/20060711.html)
As part of President Bush's plan to mobilize the nation and prepare for an influenza pandemic, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt today announced an additional $225 million in funding for state and local preparedness.
“Earlier ... India says nearly done on local bird flu vaccine
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 11, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90 percent success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday. ... CIDRAP: Report says avian flu entered Nigeria 3 times
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nigeria was the first African nation to report H5N1 avian influenza, and now scientists have found evidence that the virus was introduced into the country at least three separate times, possibly by migratory ... Journal review: reports of human AIV case in mainland China since 2005 [Primary member]
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from FIC
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Treatment review of a HPAIV human case in Jianyang city, Sichuan province, Chinahttp://www.flu.org.cn/scn/article_detail.asp?articleId=4686 Clinical analysis of first HPAIV ... China: Probe continues into ´first bird flu death´
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 28, 2006 from China Daily (via http://english.people.com.cn/200606/28/print20060628_277992.)
Chinese scientists are continuing investigations into what is believed to be the world´s first bird flu fatality. In a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, eight Chinese scientists ... Indonesia: Labs will be upgraded for bird flu tests
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Indonesia plans to upgrade its national health laboratory to meet World Health Organization standards, a leading scientist said on Friday, to be able to conduct definitive bird flu tests at home.The country ... WHO says H5N1 mutated in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623/ts_nm/birdflu_who_indone)
A spokeswoman for the U.N. agency, Maria Cheng, said the result had come from its investigation into a recent cluster of cases in northern Sumatra, where seven members of a single family were killed in ... WHO completes bird flu study on biggest cluster death in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 17, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/17/content_4710671)
JAKARTA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) had completed a month-long investigation of Indonesia's biggest cluster death of bird flu in Karo regency, North Sumatra, but declined to ... WHO: Distinctive seasonal patterns of bird flu still unclear
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 17, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/17/content_4709708)
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- It remains unclear whether there are truly distinctive seasonal patterns to outbreaks of the bird flu in poultry, said an official with the World Health Organization (WHO) ... UK scientists call for more research into bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3801)
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